Mrs. LoSchiavo

What Good Readers Do

Good readers think about what they are reading.

• They make pictures to enhance recall and understanding.
• They ask themselves questions.
• They relate their own experiences to their reading.
• They make connections to the word and other texts.
• They share their reading throughout their discussions and or writings.
• They make predictions before, during, and after reading.

• They confirm their predictions as they read.

Good readers use fix-up strategies while reading.

• They slow down when a word or meaning is more difficult.
• They go back to the beginning of the sentence or paragraph and re-read.
• They re-read if something doesn't look correct, sound correct, or make sense.

Good readers will stop and clarify their understanding.

Good readers will "use the context" to uncover meaning from their reading.

Good readers will skip unknown words if they can't sound them out.

Good readers will also:

• try to sound out unknown words.
• go back to a word that does not make sense.
• use the pictures and other visual clues to figure out meaning, including maps, charts, and graphs.

Good readers rehearse and practice every day!